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George Washington

George Washington owned a tract of land nearby. He surveyed and formed a company to drain a part of the Dismal Swamp, 1763.

Marker is on Highway 32 N (North Carolina Route 32) south of Folly Road, on the left ...

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George Washington's Gristmill

In 1771, George Washington replaced a deteriorated gristmill that his father, Augustine, may have erected as early as the 1730s. The new mil ground grain from Mount Vernon and neighboring farms, and was outfitted with two pairs of millstones. In ...

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Braddock, Washington, and Franklin

On April 23, 1755

At a Tavern located near this spot

General Edward Braddock

Colonel George Washington

and

Benjamin Franklin

Met to plan the British

assault on Ft. Dusquesne

During the French & Indian War

This plaque erected by the Kiwanis Club of Frederick

June 8, 1998

Marker can be ...

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Ridgebury – George Washington Slept Here

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Ridgebury, "The New Patent," was one of the last land purchases made by the Proprietors. Tradition says that the First Congregational Church in Ridgebury had its beginnings in the "New Patent Meeting House" as early as 1738. In ...

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George Washington Lot

Site of lot 77 purchased by George Washington May 15, 1753. Sold by his executors on June 17, 1805 to Dr. Robert MacKey, surgeon in the American Revolution.

A blacksmith shop located here made iron work for Fort Loudoun.

The lot was ...

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George Washington’s Out-Lot

Here was located George Washington’s five-acre out-lot from Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, by grant of 15 May 1753. Fairfax also granted him a companion in-lot 77 at North Braddock Street and Fairfax Lane. The out-lot was number 16 ...

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Washington’s Office

While constructing Fort Loudoun, George Washington used the center room of this building as an office from the fall of 1755 until he moved into the fort in December 1756. He was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia and responsible ...

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George Washington

In March of 1748, George Washington, at age sixteen, arrived in Winchester, then called Frederick Town. During the next four years, he worked as a surveyor throughout the colonial Virginia frontier.

Marker is at the intersection of Cork Street and Braddock ...

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George Washington

In December, 1753, George Washington came here with notice from the governor of Virginia to the French that they were trespassing on British soil. The statue shows Washington carrying out his first public mission.

Marker is at the intersection of High ...

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Washington Hall

Erected 1863 as

Gregory Miners Court

First District Court in Colorado Territory

County Court House

1868 – 1900

Marker is on Eureka Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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